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But I digress. The covers look cool, a lot better than than the ones Pocket released for the English speaking market.

I like both the US and the German covers (and the new Czech one, btw). Out of curiosity, could the English editions use the German covers in some later (digital) edition, as genuine cover or little extra? For me, the cover's half the book and I struggle to decide whether to buy the English version (for the language) or the German (covers).

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could the English editions use the German covers in some later (digital) edition, as genuine cover or little extra?

No, not really; the original artist would normally have an expection for his/her cover to get certain exposure. If digital versions are all you need, why not download alternate cover art to a file on your hard drive? I've done this for covers later altered in some way.

Have you read the book in question or is it on your over flowing to read pile?

Three, this kinda leads back to the point I made in one, the question was asked why the Borg appeared on the cover, your answer didn't actually answer that, if you have read the book in question, hell, even the first chapter you would have known, but you didn't and your answer was at best misleading and at worst, completely and utterly wrong.

It seemed like a perfectly reasonable answer to me. And I think it is pretty clear that the Borg are popular, so it would be pretty naive to think that didn't have anything to do with them appearing on the cover.

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Apologies in advance if this question has been asked elsewhere, but...

I can certainly understand why "Star Trek" is not translated into German on the covers of these editions, but why isn't "Typhon Pact" translated? According to my computer it would translate into "Typhon Pakt" which isn't a big change. Is the translation made in the text of the books?

Apologies in advance if this question has been asked elsewhere, but...

I can certainly understand why "Star Trek" is not translated into German on the covers of these editions, but why isn't "Typhon Pact" translated? According to my computer it would translate into "Typhon Pakt" which isn't a big change. Is the translation made in the text of the books?

Interesting experience, somewhat related: when I was living in Korea and began to learn to read hangeul, it was fun reading the movie posters for English movies. The titles would be written in hangeul characters, but they would just be "phonetically" spelling the English titles.